<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/7/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Patrick Watson</b> <<a href="mailto:patrick@patrickwatson.org">patrick@patrickwatson.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Steve Adeff wrote:<br>> On Friday 07 October 2005 20:26, Patrick Watson wrote:<br>><br>>> bill peck wrote:<br>>><br>>>> On 10/7/05, *Bruce Smith* <<a href="mailto:blubdog@gmail.com">blubdog@gmail.com
</a><br>>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:blubdog@gmail.com">blubdog@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> Will it play shows from the backend that have been transcoded to<br>>>> MPEG-4?
<br>>>> No it will not. The roku can only decode MPEG1 and MPEG2.<br>>>><br>>> Unfortunately that kills it for me. MPEG-4 and similar codecs like DivX,<br>>> Xvid, etc are a must-have for me. MythMusic and MythGame are nice too. :)
<br>>><br>>> Patrick<br>>><br>><br>> is mpeg-4 a cpu problem or?<br>I'm not sure if you meant that as a "why doesn't MPEG-4 work?" or a "Why<br>is MPEG-4 a must have?"<br>As far as why it doesn't work, I have no idea. The only experience I
<br>have with this device is this email thread. As for my reasons: I<br>transcode everything to MPEG-4 so that it doesn't eat up as much disk<br>space. Thus, if I were to loose MPEG-4 playback, most of my library<br>wouldn't be playable.
<br><br>Patrick<br>__________________</blockquote><div><br>
The reason why it won't work is because the device has a dedicated ASIC
for the Mpeg I/II playback. This is why it doesn't need a
fan. The ASIC they are using doesn't know how to decode Mpeg 4.<br>
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